@article{6d4f491f65fb47b29aeff165e9539e27,
title = "An evaluation of compliance with an antibiotic policy in surgical wards at a general teaching hospital in Northern Ireland",
keywords = "antibiotic prophylaxis, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic therapy, drug administration route, drug substitution, female, health survey, hospital policy, hospitalization, human, infection control, Ireland, length of stay, letter, major clinical study, male, practice guideline, surgical ward, teaching hospital, treatment indication, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Female, General Surgery, Guideline Adherence, Hospital Units, Hospitals, Teaching, Humans, Male, Northern Ireland, Physician's Practice Patterns, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Questionnaires",
author = "M.A. Aldeyab and S.M. Elshibly and J.C. McElnay and Elizabeth Davies and M.G. Scott and F.A. Magee and P. Leyden and M.P. Kearney",
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year = "2009",
month = "9",
doi = "10.1086/599308",
language = "English",
volume = "30",
pages = "921--922",
journal = "Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology",
issn = "0899-823X",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "9",
}